[jyl]

Pretty typical for a new car dealer would be for new car sales to have a 5-6% gross margin, used cars 9-10%, parts and service 50%+, and finance of course around 100%. In dollar terms, parts and service could be half of the dealer's gross profit.

Then when you get down to operating profit, potentially almost all of it could be coming from parts & service and finance.

This is a very well-run national dealer chain, some little local guy could be different. Kaisen would know the numbers better.